Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation
If all of its National Institutes of Health funding falls away, the country could lose 70% of its medical research capacity
The Anova Health Institute, which received the lion’s share of the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids funding in South Africa, had its support halted in February along with dozens other nonprofits
The US withdrawal will reveal the underlying truth: African health systems have long been undermined by debt and political neglect.
It is women and girls who will suffer the most from the funding crisis caused by cuts to development aid.
A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while
Donald Trump’s funding freeze underlines that South Africa needs to prioritise the development of its pharmaceutical manufacturing sector
There is an urgent need to build health sovereignty and sustainability to break dependence on donations
The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback
The group said the US president’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa was a regressive assault on the country’s sovereignty
The recent termination of USAid to HIV/Aids and TB organisations in South Africa was a bone of contention in the 2025 budget
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US
Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment
The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
People living with HIV and related ailments have been handed a practical death sentence because Trump is annoyed about the Expropriation Act and South Africa’s support for Palestine
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
In response to US President Donald Trump’s budget cuts, ICS2025 will provide an opportunity for dialogue between affected nations, economic leaders, and policymakers to address the foreign aid deficit
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
The presidency said it remained in the dark as to the real cause for Donald Trump’s decision to cut aid and suggested proper communication can prevent a rift
President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes to hold discussions with the US’s Donald Trump to move beyond ‘current disturbances’ in South Africa’s relationship with Washington
The US has said who qualifies for a waiver during the Trump administration’s pause in foreign aid but it doesn’t allow for anti-HIV pills, unless for pregnant women
The presidency downplayed the effect of Trump’s freeze on all donor funding to South Africa
The Nomakhayas of Nqileni in the Eastern Cape give us a case study to replicate
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
A six-month investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda